Exercise: Container and Line Charges

1 Use Charge Type Maintenance (7.22.1) to create a container charge type for disposable cardboard boxes. Customers will be charged for each box on a shipment.


Field	Data
Charge Type	Boxes
Applies to Container/Line	Container
Description	Expendable Boxes
Run Program	cctflat.p

2 Use Container Item Maintenance (7.22.10) to create a container item for the disposable cardboard box.


Field	Data
Container	90099
Description	Reinforced Cardboard Box
Apply Charges	Yes
Charge Type	Boxes

3 Use Ship-To/Container Charge Maint (7.22.5) to define charge amounts for disposable cardboard box. The charges apply to all ship-to addresses that do not have associated ship-to/container records.


Field	Data
Ship-To/Dock	blank
Container	90099
Charge Type	Boxes
Start	today
Expire	Three months from today
Price	2.50

4 Use Container/Line Charges Control (7.22.24) to enable both container and line charges.


Field	Data
Enable Line Charges	Yes
Enable Container Charges	Yes
Edit Line Charges on Shipper	Yes
Line Charge Calculation Type	blank

5 Use Trailer Code Maintenance (2.19.13) to create a trailer code for handling charges and the cleaning charge.


Field	Data
Trailer Code	50
Description	Handling Charge
Trailer Account	4680 - Gserv
Taxable	No

Trailer Code	51
Description	Cleaning Charge
Trailer Account	4680 - Gserv
Taxable	No

1 Use Sales Order Maintenance (7.1.1) to create a a confirmed sales order.


Field	Data
Sold-To	10C1002
Site	10-200
Line	01
Item Number	02002
Qty Ordered	20

In the Container Charge frame,
Container Item	90099

In the Additional Line Charges frame
Ln	1
Code	50
Charge	25
OTC	Yes

Ln	2
Code	51
Charge	30
OTC	Yes

2 Use Pre-Shipper/Shipper Workbench (7.9.2) to ship the sales order; the shipment uses two cardboard boxes, with each create containing 10 of item 02002.


Field	Data
Ship-From	10-200
Pre-Shipper/Shipper	Shipper
Ship-to/Dock	10C1002

In the Container Information frame
Container Item	90099
Quantity	2
Sales Order	The order number from the previous step
Line	1

In the Item Information frame
Sales Order	The order number from the previous step
Line	1
Quantity	20

Print the shipper. Notice that the containers information appears on the shipper document.

3 Use Pre-Shipper/Shipper Confirm (7.9.5) to confirm the shipper. But do not post the invoice yet.

4 Use Pending Invoice Maintenance (7.13.1) to review the pending invoice. Notice that the container and line charges appear on the pending invoice trailer.

5 Use Invoice Post and Print (7.13.4) to post and print the invoice. Notice that full details of the container and line charges appear on the invoice document.